2012
NH3272 : Tunnel exit, Loch Glascarnoch
taken 13 years ago, near to Meall an Torcain [hill or Mountain], Highland, Great Britain
Tunnel exit, Loch Glascarnoch
Water from Loch Vaich about 4km to the NE enters here from a tunnel as part of the hydroelectric scheme with several power stations between Grudie Bridge and Torr Achilty to the south.
Glascarnoch hydro scheme :: NH3172
Work started at the Glascarnoch site in 1953 and the dam was completed in 1957. There is no power station here but the loch collects water from Loch Droma to the W and via a tunnel from Loch Vaich to the N; the stored water is then transferred by tunnel southwards to the power station at Mossford near Grudie Bridge. More details are given in ‘The Dam Builders’ by James Miller (Birlinn, Edinburgh 2010).
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- Grid Square
- NH3272, 5 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Jim Barton (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 18 September, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 23 September, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NH 3204 7256 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:42.6805N 4:49.2565W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NH 3128 7228
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
